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1920's helmet
First helmet ever made in football history.
It was made from soft leather.
It was used in the NFL for 8 years. -
1930's helmet
This helmet was made from hard leather unlike the helmet.
It still had very little padding.
It was made in factories. -
1940's helmet
It was the first helmet ever to have a chin strap.
The NFL made every player wear one of these helmets.
It was made out of hard leather and platic -
1950's helmet
first helmet with a face mask, first time the radio was put in the helmet -
1960's helmet
first helmet with a double face masks worn by every NFL player -
1970's helmet
Riddell adds air bladders to helmet inside to soften impact. First full face masks -
1980's helmet
first appearance of protective visors and first poly-carbonate helmet -
1990's helmet
NFL makes the face masks to be transparent and glossy look -
2000's helmet
Single bar helmets are banned in NFL. Helmets get more bars and more padding -
Present time helmets
Impact indicator chinstraps,deigned to identify head injury. Concussion proof padding and chinstraps that protect.
